Creamy Instant Pot Ranch Chicken Pasta will have everyone begging for seconds! A delicious and easy instant pot dinner with tender noodles in a creamy ranch sauce with cheese, chicken and bacon. The entire meal is ready in less than 30 minutes, and it’s lick-your-plate DELICIOUS!

A white pasta bowl filled with creamy ranch chicken pasta made with penne noodles in the instant pot, on a wood cutting board with a green hand towel in the background.

I’ve been hard at work creating some brand new instant pot dinner recipes to share with you all. Learn all of my instant pot tips!

I often get asked if I like my instant pot, and what I use it for. My favorite thing to use it for is all-in-one dinner recipes where you can throw all of the raw ingredients in the instant pot. The end result is a complete meal, ready in just minutes, with very little prep, and only one dish to wash afterwards.

My other Instant Pot dinner recipes fit in this category perfectly.

How to make Instant Pot Ranch Chicken Pasta

I developed and tested this recipe in my 6-QUART INSTANT POT.

Season chicken pieces with salt and pepper, and add to the bottom of the instant pot.

Add chicken broth, milk, and ranch seasoning packet and stir to combine. Add uncooked noodles.

Overhead photos of two instant pots with chicken pieces in the bottom of one and chicken broth, milk, seasonings and dry penne noodles added to the other instant pot.

Cook on high pressure for 4 minutes, followed by a quick release.

Add the cream cheese, bacon and cheddar cheese to the pot and stir everything gently until melted and smooth.

Allow the mixture to cool for 5-10 minutes. The sauce will thicken as it cools.

Serve warm, garnished with fresh parsley, if you want.

Overhead photo of an instant pot with a creamy pasta, shredded cheese, bacon and cubes of cream cheese, and another photo with the mixture stirred together to make a creamy ranch chicken pasta.

I am seriously crushing on this creamy, delicious Instant Pot Ranch Chicken Pasta recipe.  It is so EASY to throw together and even your pickiest eater will love it. I can’t believe you can make this one pot dinner in less than 20 minutes!

Overhead photo of a pasta bowl with instant pot ranch chicken pasta and a fork, on top of a wood cutting board.

 
Other popular Instant Pot Dinner Recipes:

Instant Pot Chicken Taco Bowls

Instant Pot Beef Gyros

Instant Pot Tuscan Chicken Pasta

Instant Pot Ribs

Instant Pot Spaghetti

Recipe

A white pasta bowl filled with creamy ranch chicken pasta made with penne noodles in the instant pot, on a wood cutting board with a green hand towel in the background.
Prep 10 minutes
Cook 15 minutes
Total 25 minutes
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Ingredients
  

Instructions
 

  • Season chicken with salt and pepper and place in instant pot.
  • Add chicken broth, milk, ranch seasoning and stir to combine. Add pasta and stir, burying the noodles in the liquid.
  • Secure the lid, and set the valve to sealing.
  • Cook on manual or pressure cook, high pressure, for 4 minutes.
  • Turn valve to quick release, and open pot.
  • Stir in cream cheese, cheddar cheese and cooked bacon;
  • Allow to cool for 5-10 minutes. The sauce will thicken as it cools.

Nutrition

Calories: 881kcalCarbohydrates: 76gProtein: 43gFat: 44gSaturated Fat: 23gCholesterol: 147mgSodium: 700mgPotassium: 761mgFiber: 2gSugar: 9gVitamin A: 1235IUVitamin C: 0.6mgCalcium: 508mgIron: 2.2mg

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  1. Made this last night. Flavors are good but too much cream cheese and cheddar,could get away with 3ox cream cheese and one cup cheddar. Milk curdled when pressure cooked. I woul add milk at the end when you add cheeses.

    1. 5 stars
      The milk along with what looks like a lot of the seasonings just clumped and was totally curdling. Was that supposed to happen and I’m just to add the cheeses and such and stir it all together as is, or did I do something wrong. .. I followed the recipe so am not sure what happened or what to do next…keep or toss?

  2. Could I use leftover cooked chicken in this recipe? Add it in step 1? Thanks for your recipes Lauren and appreciate your help. I am trying to use my instant pot more now.

  3. Mine sprayed the cabinets when I released it, but the food was really good. I added frozen veggies instead of bacon at the end with the cream cheese and cheddar.

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